(258) 308 To say: N. is Osiris in a dust-storm. 308 His abomination is the earth; N. has not entered into Geb, 308 that he might be destroyed; nor has he slept in his house on earth, 308 that his bones might be broken. His wounds are effaced: 308 N. has purified himself with the eye of Horus; his wound is effaced by the two mourners of Osiris; 308 N. has let the running (of his wound) flow to the ground at u. 309 It is his sister, the lady of P, who wept for him. 309 N. is on his way to heaven; N. is on his way to heaven; on the wind; on the wind. 309 He is not hindered; there is no one by whom he is hindered. 309 N., he is "on his own," the eldest of the gods. 310 His bread comes on high with (that of) R`; 310 his offering comes out of Nun. 310 N. is one who comes again; 310 he goes, he comes with R`. 310 His houses are visited by him. 311 N. seizes kas; he frees kas; 311 he covers up evil; he abolishes evil. 311 N. spends the day; he spends, the night, while he appeases the two choppers in Wn.w. 311 Nothing opposes his foot; nothing restrains his heart.

(45) Frequently the statue of Isis was accompanied by the figure of a large black and white ox. The ox represents either Osiris as Taurus, the bull of the zodiac, or Apis, an animal sacred to Osiris because of its peculiar markings and colorings. Among the Egyptians, the bull was a beast of burden. Hence the presence of the animal was a reminder of the labors patiently performed by Nature that all creatures may have life and health. Harpocrates, the God of Silence, holding his fingers to his mouth, often accompanies the statue of Isis. He warns all to keep the secrets of the wise from those unfit to know them.

(42) Isis is shown with her son Horus in her arms. She is crowned with the lunar orb, ornamented with the horns of rams or bulls. Orus, or Horus as he is more generally known, was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was the god of time, hours, days, and this narrow span of life recognized as mortal existence. In all probability, the four sons of Horus represent the four kingdoms of Nature. It was Horus who finally avenged the murder of his father, Osiris, by slaying Typhon, the spirit of Evil.

(442) 819 To say: That Great One is certainly fallen on his side; be who is in Ndi.t is thrown down. 819 Thine arm is seized by R`; thy head is lifted up by the Two Enneads. 819 Behold, he is come (again) as ; behold, Osiris is come as . 820 lord of the wine-cellar at the Wg-feast, 820 "good," as his mother said; "heir," as his father said, 820 conceived by heaven, born of the Dw.t. 820 Heaven conceives thee together with S'; 820 N. is born in the Dw.t together with S'. 821 He lives who lives at the command of the gods; so wilt thou live. 821 Thou ascendest with S' on the eastern side of the sky; 821 thou descendest with S' on the western side of the sky. 822 Your third is Sothis of the pure places, 822 she is your leader (or, who will lead you) by the beautiful ways in heaven, 822 in the Marsh of Reeds. 21. SECOND SERIES IN PRAISE OF NUT,

(74) 51 Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, on account of which he was punished. ft-oil.

(369) 640 To say: O Osiris N., stand up. Horus has caused thee to stand up. 640 Geb has caused Horus to see his father in thee, in thy name of "He of the royal castle." 641 Horus has given the gods to thee; he has brought them to thee, so that they may illuminate thy face. 641 Horus has given his eye to thee, that thou mayest see with it. 642 Horus has placed thine enemy under thee, 642 that he may carry thee, that thou be not far from him, 642 and that thou mayest come (again) in thy (former) state. The gods have bound (again) thy face to thee. 643 Horus has opened thine eye for thee, that thou mayest see with it, in her (the eye) name of "Opener of the way." 643 Thine enemy is smitten by the children of Horus; they made his smiting red (bloody); 643 they have punished him; he is severely punished, so that his smell is evil. 644 Horus has fitted thy mouth to thee; he has adjusted for thee thy mouth to thy bones. 644 Horus has opened thy mouth for thee; 644 thy beloved son has re-instated thy two eyes for thee. 644 Horus does not permit thy face to be without the power to see, 644 in thy name of "Horus chief of his subjects."

(32) As the sign rising over the horizon at the vernal equinox constitutes the starry body for the annual incarnation of the sun, the bull not only was the celestial symbol of the Solar Man but, because the vernal equinox took place in the constellation of Taurus, was called the breaker or opener of the year. For this reason in astronomical symbolism the bull is often shown breaking the annular egg with his horns. The Apis further signifies that the God-Mind is incarnated in the body of a beast and therefore that the physical beast form is the sacred vehicle of divinity. Man's lower personality is the Apis in which Osiris incarnates. The result of the combination is the creation of Sor-Apis (Serapis)-the material soul as ruler of the irrational material body and involved therein. After a certain period (which is determined by the square of five, or twenty-five years), the body of the Apis is destroyed and the soul liberated by the water which drowns the material life. This was indicative of the washing away of the material nature by the baptismal waters of divine light and truth. The drowning of the Apis is the symbol of death; the resurrection of Osiris in the new bull is the symbol of eternal renovation. The white bull was also symbolically sacred as the appointed emblem of the initiates, signifying the spiritualized material bodies of both man and Nature.

(9) Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. very one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

(18) "But the slow progressive disappearance of the Bull is most happily commemorated in the vanishing series of letters so emphatically expressive of the great astronomical fact. For ABRACADABRA is The Bull, the only Bull. The ancient sentence split into its component parts stands thus: Ab'r-achad-ab'ra, i. e., Ab'r, the Bull; achad, the only, &c.--Achad is one of the names of the Sun, given him in consequence of his Shining ALONE,--he is the ONLY Star to be seen when he is seen--the remaining ab'ra, makes the whole to be, The Bull, the only Bull; while the repetition of the name omitting a letter, till all is gone, is the most simple, yet the most satisfactory method that could have been devised to preserve the memory of the fact; and the name of Sorapis, or Serapis, given to the Bull at the above ceremony puts it beyond all doubt. * * * This word (Abracadabra) disappears in eleven decreasing stages; as in the figure. And what is very remarkable, a body with three heads is folded up by a Serpent with eleven Coils, and placed by Sorapis: and the eleven Volves of the Serpent form a triangle similar to that formed by the ELEVEN diminishing lines of the abracadabra."

(487) 1046 To say: O my father, Osiris N., 1046 thou art spiritualized on the horizon, thou endurest in the Ddi.t; 1046 thou commandest (with) words as he who is at the head of the living, eternally. 1047 Get (lit. stand up) from thy left side, put thyself on thy right side; 1047 take this thy bread, which I am giving thee; I am thy son and thine heir.

(219) 167 To say: Atum, this thy son is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 167 He lives, N. (also) lives; he dies not, N. (also) dies not; 167 he perishes not, N. (also) perishes not, he is not judged, N. (also) is not judged; 167 he judges, N. (also) judges. 168 Shu, this thy son is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 168b-168d = 167b- 167 169 Tefnut, this thy son is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 169b-169d = 167b- 167 170 Geb, this thy son is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 170b-170d = 167b- 167 171 Nut, this thy son is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 171b-171d = 07b- 167 172 Isis, this thy brother is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 172b-172d = 167b- 07 173 Set, this thy brother is this one here, Osiris, who is made to endure and to live, that he may punish thee. 173b-173d = 167b- 167 174 Nephthys, this thy brother is this one here, Osiris, whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 174b-174d = 167b- 167 175 Thot, this thy brother is this one here, Osiris, who is made to endure and to live, that he may punish thee. 175b-175d = 167b- 167 176 Horus, this thy father is this one here, Osiris., whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 176b-176d = 167b- 167 177 Great Ennead, this one here is Osiris, whom ye have made to endure and to live. 177b-177d = 167b- 167 178 Little Ennead, this one here is Osiris, whom ye have made to endure and to live. 178b-178d = 167b- 167 179 Nut, this thy son is this one here, Osiris, of whom thou hast said: "One born to your father." 179 Thou hast wiped for him his mouth; his mouth was opened by his son, Horus, whom he loves; 179 his limbs are counted by the gods. 180a-180c = 167b- 167 181 In thy name, "He who is in Heliopolis, while he remains everlastingly in his necropolis": 181b-181d = 167b- 167 182 In thy name, "He who is in Busiris, chief of his nomes": 182b-182d = 167b- 167 183 In thy name, "He who is in the House of eret, the satisfied ka": 183b-183d = 167b- 167 184 In thy name, "He who is in the Divine Hall, who is in fumigation, 184 (who is in the) chest, (who is in the) portable chest, (who is in the) sack": 184c-184e = 167b- 167 185 In thy name, "He who is in the White Chapel of p`r-wood": 185b-185d = 167b- 167 186 In thy name, "He who is in ": Thou sojournest in heaven; thou sojournest on earth. 186 Osiris, turn thy face around, that thou mayest see N., 186 thy seed which came forth from thee, the pointed (pd.t). 187a-187c = 167b- 167 188 In thy name, "He who is in Buto": 188 Let thine arms be about "provisions", thy daughter; equip thyself with her. 188c-188e = 167b- 167 189 In thy name, "He who is in the House of the Great Ox": 189 Let thine arms be about "provisions", thy daughter; equip thyself with her. 189c-189e = 167b- 167 190 In thy name, "He who is in Hermopolis of the South": 190 Let thine arms be about "provisions", thy daughter; equip thyself with her. 190c-190e = 167b- 167 191 In thy name, "He who is in Hermopolis of the North": 191 Let thine arms be about "provisions", thy daughter, equip thyself with her. 191c-191d = 167b- 167 192 In thy name, "He who is in the City of Waters": 192 That which thou hast eaten is an eye; thy body is full of it; thy son, Horus, parts with it for thee, that thou mayest live by it. 192c-192d = 167b- 167 193 Thy body is the body of N.; thy flesh is the flesh of N.; 193 thy bones are the bones of N. 193 Thou goest, N. goes; N. goes, thou goest.

(6) And the dead will outnumber the living! Anu addressed princess Ishtar, saying: "If you demand the Bull of Heaven from me, there will be seven years of empty husks for the land of Uruk. Have you collected grain for the people! Have you made grasses grow for the animals? Ishtar addressed Anu, her father, saying: "I have heaped grain in the granaries for the people, I made grasses grow for the animals, in order that they might eat in the seven years of empty husks. I have collected grain for the people, I have made grasses grow for the animals. When Anu heard her words, he placed the noserope of the Bull of Heaven in her hand. Ishtar led the Bull of Heaven down to the earth. When it reached Uruk It climbed down to the Euphrates... At the snort of the Bull of Heaven a huge pit opened up, and 100 Young Men of Uruk fell in.

(355) 572 The double doors of heaven open. 572 O N., 572 thy head is joined for thee to thy bones; thy bones are joined for thee to thy head. 572 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the great bolts are drawn back for thee; 572 a brick is drawn out of the great tomb for thee. 573 Thy face is that of a jackal; thy tail is that of a lion; 573 thou sittest upon this thy throne; thou commandest the spirits. 573 Thou comest to me, thou comest to me, thou comest indeed to me, 573 like (to) Horus after he had avenged his father, Osiris. 574 I am thine Anubis-priest. 574 Thou puttest thy hand on the land; thy warrior-arm is over the great region, 574 wherein thou goest (or, passest through) among the spirits. 574 Rise, lift up thyself like Osiris.

(124) 78 To say: Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, which intimidates him. 78 To say four times: For N., a lifting up of the offering, four times. Four baskets of t-sr-bread.

(141) 86 To say: Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, which intimidates him. 86 To say four times: For N., a lifting up of the offering, four times. One t-sif-bread.

(134) 83 To say: Osiris, N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, which is on his brow. 83 To say four times: For N., a lifting up of the offering, four times. One limb.

(92) 61 To say: Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, put it to thy face. To lift up one bread, one beer.

(133) 83 To say: Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, to which he goes. 83 To say four times: For N., a lifting up of the offering, four times. One spleen.

(112) 73 To say: Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, which intimidates him (Set). 73 To say four times: For N., a lifting up of the offering, four times. One t-rt-loaf.

(435) 786 To say: I am Nut, "the Granary." I have proclaimed the name of Osiris N., 786 namely, "Horus, beloved of the two lands, N."; "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, N."; 786 "nb.ti, beloved of the Corporation, N."; "falcon over gold, N. "; 787 "heir of Geb, his beloved N.", "beloved of all the gods, N."; 787 given all life, stability, prosperity, health, joy like R`, thou livest for ever. 20. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS--SOME LARGELY OSIRIAN,